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Private Medicaid Plans Receive Billions in Tax Dollars, With Little Oversight
More than two-thirds of Medicaid recipients are enrolled in privately run Medicaid managed care programs. Yet the evidence is thin these contractors improve patient care or save the government money.
His $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Now Down To $332 After NPR Told His Story
“I don’t feel any consumer should have to go through this,” says Drew Calver, of the huge surprise bill he got from an Austin hospital after his 2017 heart attack. He’s worried about other patients.
Life-Threatening Heart Attack Leaves Teacher With $108,951 Bill
An insured Texas teacher, 44, faces a “balance bill” of almost twice his annual salary from an out-of-network hospital’s treatment of his sudden heart attack.
